The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 18, 1908
Waning Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
7:14 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -181
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.0° / 282.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -22.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.16° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / -0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.57° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.